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Warner Home Video Debuts Two New Releases from Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.


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BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004

Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. :

-- Premiere Release of "Sealab 2021: Season One" Plus Second

Volume of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Available July 20, 2004, on

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-- Both Series Part of Cartoon Network's Highly-Rated Late Night

Comedy Block, #1 on all Cable in its Time Period in Delivery

of Men 18-34

-- "Adult Swim's comedies have something millions of dollars

can't buy ... an original voice." -- Time Magazine

Catch the dysfunction above and below sea-level when Warner Home Video (WHV WHV Wilhelmshaven (Northern Germany, Headquarters of the German Navy)
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) dives in for more hilarious antics with Cartoon Network's top-rated late night animation block Adult Swim Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. It shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States, featuring absurdist and often ribald comedy, in contrast to the much tamer child and pre-teen oriented daytime Cartoon Network. . Making its DVD debut on July 20, 2004, is "Sealab 2021: Season One." That day, the sophomore release of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Two" will also hit store shelves. Each title will be released as a two-disc set, priced at $29.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. .

The year -- 2021. Sealab sits on the ocean's floor, her crew charged with exploring the possibility of underwater colonization and uncovering the mysteries of the sea. Unfortunately, it's run by a bunch of idiots. Leading the mission is Captain Hank Murphy -- mildly paranoid and slightly childish, he has no business running a trillion dollar operation. Together with his motley crew
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, "Sealab 2021" is truly the funniest group of misfits unfit for public service under the sea. Featuring the voice of TV icon Erik Estrada Erik Estrada (born March 16, 1949 in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 US television series CHiPs. , the offbeat off·beat  
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 series is based on the long-forgotten Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning series Sealab 2020. The "Sealab 2021: Season One" DVD release contains all 13 original episodes from the premiere season, plus exciting special features including:

         Pitch Pilot (never-before-seen on television)
         Alternative Endings from episode "I, Robot"
         Deleted Scenes from episode "Little Orphan Angry"
         Uncensored Scene from episode "Radio Free Sealab"


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, who live together in a rental house in New Jersey. When they are not hanging out in their next-door neighbor Carl's above-ground swimming pool, these three are being visited by such creatures as a manic-depressive action figure, a rapping arachnid arachnid (ərăk`nĭd), mainly terrestrial arthropod of the class Arachnida, including the spider, scorpion, mite and tick, harvestman (daddy longlegs), and a few minor groups.  and annoying visitors from the moon. The "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Two" DVD will contain 13 episodes, all presented in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound, along with the following bonus features:

         Four Deleted Scenes
         Audio commentary from the show's creators on four episodes
          ("Super Trivia," "Meat Zone," "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas
          Past from the Future" and "Baffler Meal")
         Music Video -- "Baffler Meal"
         Series Documentary -- Future Wolf II: Never Cry Wolf: Origin
          of the Series
         Stills Gallery -- Future Wolf III


Adult Swim features animated programming aimed at adults, including edgy original comedies like "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "Sealab 2021" and "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a comedic American animated television series created by Williams Street that airs on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. "; popular favorites "Futurama" and "Family Guy"; and riveting action/adventure series such as "Cowboy Bebop," "InuYasha" and "Trigun." The block, which airs Sunday-Thursday from 11 p.m.-2 a.m. (ET, PT), with a replay from 2 a.m.-5 a.m. (ET, PT), has been a hit since its debut in September 2001. Adult Swim regularly ranks as the #1 show on cable among adults 18-24, adults 18-34, men 18-24 and men 18-34, and often beats its broadcast competitors among young adults. On April 18, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" becomes the first Adult Swim original series to go to strip, joining the lineup Sunday-Wednesday at 12 a.m. (ET, PT).

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                              $29.98 SRP
                      Street Date: July 20, 2004
                          Languages: English
                  Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
                       Color / Closed Captioned
                          Run Time: 156 mins.
                              Rating: NR
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